#ourhandsthatstitch

[bitsbybey]

Thanks to #ravelry for these valentine messages! Wishing you ALL the 💖 in the World. . #raiseyourhandinsolidarity #ourhandsthatstitch #diverseknitty #diversknitty #ktog #knithappy #knitandbehappy #knitallthethings #yarnsnob #exquisiteyarnandfibercommunity #yarnporn #instaknit #knittersofravelry #knittersoftheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3FGX_FOdz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x4az8ys2p6wf

[ggmadeit]

Whew!! This has been another week of work, needed work...work that must continue. The last week or so there has been a shake up with racism and knitting. When this started @knitstime reached out with the hope of filling IG with knitting hands to show our differences as well as similarities.

Frida explained this initiative as “ourhandsthatstitch” read how she explained it below

“#ourhandsthatstitch emphasizes what stitching should really be about; every loop is a boundless connection between people, through the knowledge and traditions shared between generations and spread inter-culturally; every stitch an important link in a network connecting producers, distributors, makers and wearers. Our diversity should not divide, but enrich. Let's be open to each other. Let's be creative, together. Let's make our hands convey this simple message. Change is in our hands!”

Pow! Did you feel that? She said “CHANGE IS IN OUR HANDS”

Last night while attending knit night at @stringthingstudio I barely knit, however, I did notice how different we all were, yet the same. So Luis, Felicia and I decided on this picture, because real change will need ALL of us